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Finally after many trips past this Caboose we finally stopped to take some pictures. As far as I know they only use it a short distance up to a mine in Socorro New Mexico.
They are called "shoving" not "riding" platforms. We used a wide vision one also to shove up the Olive Sub from Irvine CA about 15 miles. BNSF even has one that's nothing but a flat car. And think someone miss numbered it 99"0"753 because of the graffiti. When they were Santa Fe they were all 999___.
They are called "shoving" not "riding" platforms. We used a wide vision one also to shove up the Olive Sub from Irvine CA about 15 miles. BNSF even has one that's nothing but a flat car. And think someone miss numbered it 99"0"753 because of the graffiti. When they were Santa Fe they were all 999___.
The bnsf uses both caboose and flatcars with railings welded on so the brakeman or conductor have something to hang on to the bnsf build converted. nine of these flats about a year and half back in newton ks the railroads i drive around said they were for newton after a month they all got ship out.
